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Hunters in West Central Alberta have once again helped out the Mountain View Food Bank through the Hunters for Tomorrow program. This year's hunting season saw more than 1,600 pounds of game donated.

DIDSBURY – The Tree of Hope was lit up on Dec. 5 at the Didsbury Hospital after a short service including carols with Karen and Marvin Engel held inside the building.

Whenever Rowley has faced oblivion from the ghosts locals have always come up with a plan, sometimes mischievous, to save their dusty locale on the Central Alberta prairie.

I was born in Bolivia, the South American country named after the first larger-than-life South American indépendantiste Simón Bolívar.

CARSTAIRS – Students from Hugh Sutherland School and Carstairs Elementary School as well as Carstairs Playschool all stepped up and helped collect a total of over 320 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.

Proposed new legislation requiring off-highway vehicle (OHV) users to wear helmets when operating their machines on public lands is a good step, says Phil Wilde, owner of Sundre's Mountain's Edge Cycle and Sled.

The controversial proposed expanded Aurora Cannabis Inc. medical marijuana production facility north of Cremona could produce at least 70 tonnes of product a year, according to financial and operational statements released by the company last week.

DIDSBURY – Council met on Nov. 28 to further discuss the 2017 budget in council chambers. The meeting was a chance for council to review all the documentation and provide instruction to council.

The Olds and District Music Teachers Association (ODMTA) recently held its annual scholarship recital at First Baptist Church in Olds.

DIDSBURY – During a special council meeting held on Nov. 28, council nominated Coun. Joyce McCoy as its representative on the library expansion committee.